People ex rel. Consolidated Telegraph & Electrical Subway Co. v. Barker
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the relator. The Consolidated' Telegraph and Electrical Subway Company, from an order" of the Supreme, Court, made at the blew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk -of the county of blew York on the 7th day of Marcia, 1896, dismissing a writ of certiorari granted to review the action of the respondents in assessing the personal property of the relator for the purpose of taxation for the year 1895. • The appellant is a domestic corporation…
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Appeal by the relator. The Consolidated' Telegraph and Electrical Subway Company, from an order" of the Supreme, Court, made at the blew York Special Term and entered in the office of the clerk -of the county of blew York on the 7th day of Marcia, 1896, dismissing a writ of certiorari granted to review the action of the respondents in assessing the personal property of the relator for the purpose of taxation for the year 1895. • The appellant is a domestic corporation engaged in the business of constructing, maintaining and operating subways in the various streets and avenues of the city of…
1Opinion of the Court
O’Brien, J.:
The return to the writ shows that the commissioners in making the assessment acted upon no other information than.that contained *31in the statements filed by the company. Rone of the allegations of the petition were denied, and no explanation is given as to how or why the assessment was made, beyond that furnished by the return, which states that the commissioners having before them the statement in writing filed by the relator upon such application for a cancellation of the assessment against it for the year 1895, examined into "" * * and considered such application and statement,…
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